Popular baby names in Delaware, 1961

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1961 were Mary for girls (142 babies) and John for boys (288). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,818 babies born in Delaware in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1961

Names given at least 15 times in Delaware that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Vanessa: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Michele: 45 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tracey: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lorraine: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Judith: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joanne: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Robin: 76 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Terry: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Alice: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 34 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Harry: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wayne: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Norman: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vincent: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Louis: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Andrew: 42 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	142	↑1	1
2	Lisa	139	↑2	2
3	Donna	129	↓2	7
4	Susan	125	↑1	3
5	Karen	122	↓2	5
6	Linda	108	–	4
7	Deborah	93	↑1	10
8	Patricia	86	↓1	6
9	Sharon	81	–	17
10	Robin	76	↑6	27
11	Cynthia	68	↑1	8
12	Carol	67	↓2	24
13	Barbara	66	–	12
14	Nancy	65	↑10	16
15	Sandra	65	↓1	9
16	Brenda	63	↑6	11
17	Pamela	63	↑2	15
18	Cheryl	59	↑3	20
19	Kimberly	56	↓2	22
20	Denise	55	–	30
21	Teresa	54	↑6	18
22	Kathy	50	↑6	25
23	Kathleen	49	↓5	29
24	Diane	45	↓9	26
25	Michele	45	↑8	63
26	Theresa	43	↓1	35
27	Margaret	41	↑2	40
28	Elizabeth	40	↓17	19
29	Michelle	40	new	34
30	Debbie	39	↑2	31
31	Debra	39	↓8	13
32	Christine	37	↓1	39
33	Catherine	35	↑13	48
34	Jacqueline	35	new	37
35	Laura	34	–	21
36	Tina	34	↑8	41
37	Terri	33	new	51
38	Diana	31	new	56
39	Lori	30	↓3	14
40	Dawn	29	↓6	49
41	Annette	28	new	73
42	Cathy	28	↑5	55
43	Cindy	28	↓2	33
44	Janet	28	↑1	32
45	Judith	28	new	83
46	Amy	27	new	69
47	Kim	27	↓21	36
48	Ann	26	↓18	54
49	Beverly	26	new	66
50	Valerie	26	↓11	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	John	288	↑2	3
2	David	249	↓1	2
3	Michael	235	↓1	1
4	Robert	228	–	5
5	James	221	–	4
6	William	220	–	7
7	Mark	177	–	6
8	Richard	153	↑1	8
9	Joseph	122	↑1	12
10	Thomas	109	↓2	9
11	Kevin	105	↑4	14
12	Jeffrey	101	↑2	11
13	Charles	98	↓1	13
14	Steven	80	↓1	10
15	Daniel	78	↑8	17
16	Kenneth	77	↓5	16
17	Donald	72	–	22
18	Paul	71	↓2	18
19	Timothy	66	–	15
20	Anthony	65	–	25
21	Christopher	65	↑4	26
22	Gary	64	↑5	21
23	Brian	58	↑1	20
24	Gregory	57	↓2	23
25	Stephen	57	↑3	27
26	George	56	↓5	31
27	Edward	55	↓9	29
28	Ronald	55	↓2	24
29	Bruce	49	↑1	40
30	Douglas	46	↓1	28
31	Andrew	42	↑11	52
32	Wayne	40	↑12	61
33	Keith	39	↓2	35
34	Raymond	39	↓1	48
35	Scott	35	↑13	19
36	Francis	34	↑4	>100
37	Alan	31	new	51
38	Matthew	31	↑1	59
39	Dennis	29	↓7	34
40	Peter	28	↑7	42
41	Dale	26	↑9	58
42	Glenn	26	↑1	64
43	Patrick	26	↓7	39
44	Carl	24	new	56
45	Eric	24	↓10	38
46	Larry	24	↓12	30
47	Walter	24	↓6	74
48	Ricky	23	↓2	44
49	Barry	22	new	66
50	Jeff	22	new	49

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